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Choctawhatchee Audubon meets Aug. 2

Jeff Waldorff, one of the Emerald Coast’s finest bird and nature photographers, will present a program featuring his amazing work at the regular monthly meeting of the Choctawhatchee Audubon Society on Thursday, August 2. Mr. Waldorff is a consummate composer of light, color, and form, and his uncompromising approach yields the most beautiful scenes that modern digital technology can produce. His images of black skimmers cutting the water with their uniquely large lower beaks are among the best in the...

FWC officer recalls favorite photos

From the FWC – Doing the unexpected by Stan Kirkland, FWC Many of us have our favorite photographs and remembrances of people and wildlife. Sometimes the unbelievable happens and the images are all the more unforgettable. I’ve seen a lot of photographs over my career but my favorite is of co-worker and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) wildlife biologist Adam Warwick saving a drugged 375-pound male black bear from certain drowning in the Gulf of Mexico at Alligator...

Learn about alligators at Topsail June 15

Time: 1:30 p.m. Once they were hunted, then they were protected, now they are farmed.  Come and learn the facts and history of the American Alligator.  Park at the Day-Use area off Hwy 30A. Take a short hike to the club house. Fees: Program included in the park admission fee of $6.00 per vehicle. Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is located at 7525 W. Scenic Highway 30A, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 32459. For more information, call (850) 267-8330 ::MAP::...

North Florida nightfall brings out diversity of bats, biologists

13 different species of bats exist in Florida As night falls over north Florida, a band of 66 men and women split into small groups to find bats in damp, mosquito-rich places in the Panhandle, like Apalachicola National Forest, Joe Budd Wildlife Management Area and St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. To ensnare the bats, biologists hoist nearly invisible “mist nets” as tall as trees. They wait for hours in the dark. They have equipment out on portable tables, so they...